Beat Generation Research Paper

When the literature of beat generation first came, it was criticized by lots of people, since people thought the form and language are rough. It doubted and denied the traditional cultural value, but influenced descendant’s view of mainstream culture. As an Asian, I have to say that beat generation plays an essential role in propagating Zen and Buddhism, because many poets of beat generation write about Zen and Buddhism. The evolution of hip can be divided into six convergence, the first stage is the emergence of black face minsters and blues. The second stage is in 1920, the migration power which bring people who come from different places together. The third stage is after world war II, bebop and beats comes out with the intersexual movement, as Leland said, “To the end he denied that he was homosexual; his writing are pansexual finding carnal ripeness in the soul, in nature, as well as in men and women”(Leland, p50). The fourth stage of the urban collapsed, DIY which is the abbreviation of doing it yourself becomes popular. As Leland states, “ DIY collapsed the distinction between the people producing the work and those consuming it, eliminating the need for entertainment conglomerates to fill the …show more content…
Even though, I think the development of the hip movement can be defined as devolution of hipster. Especially true in the social media where commercials evolved as a result everything about hip is sold out. There is no value remaining in the commercial world which utilize hip to reach its own purposes to maximize profit. Producers use the idea of hip which is anti material and anti corporate to sell goods. However, even hip is commercialized, hipster will find a way to survive at the early time. As Leland said, “True hipsters dismiss the commercial variant as a bogus imitation, and keep their edge only by moving each time the commercial world catches